It's another early morning.
Luo Xin is still exercising, calculating something in his mind while running. Although he doesn't know the specific arrangements of the program group, he estimates that the competition should have progressed to a stage of formal competition, with team PKs.
After all, they recorded a lot of high-end material in the past two days, wearing various bright and shiny clothes to shoot many entrance, publicity, and interview videos. Even Luo Xin, a layman, was pulled in to perform with a bunch of unfamiliar players.
Suddenly, having to prepare so much material, the ultimate result can only be the main show.
To make a splash, the program group had to work harder and release more materials and do more promotion.
And with the main show, is team PK still far behind?
Of course, because team PK is also the first stage with a live audience, Luo Xin attaches great importance to it.
It can be said that from here on, the gap between the players will slowly widen. For Luo Xin, to achieve his goal, he cannot make a single mistake from here on.
Ten minutes later, Luo Xin stood in the crowd wearing his B-team clothes, looking harmless.
The atmosphere around him was quite lively, and all the players seemed to be more active than usual. Waking up so early, they usually look tired and don't have much to say.
But today, the rankings for the first episode were announced.
Although the rankings for the first episode do not represent the final rankings, it's like exams in school. Regardless of whether it's a big or small exam, who wouldn't get excited when the results are announced?
Of course, except for Luo Xin, the shameless one who spent a lot of money to manipulate the rankings.
He even forgot his own ranking in the blink of an eye.
Luo Xin knew very well that his current ranking was achieved by using his own money to boost it, so it didn't really mean anything to him.
This calm and composed behavior quickly stood out among the contestants and even became a popular meme among the show's fans later on, gaining some popularity.
But that's all for later. In any case, with the contestants all excited, the new round of competition began.
As everyone knows, in this team PK competition, except for center Shao Xiangchen, everyone else can only be chosen by luck, which means it's all about luck and looks.
If you're lucky, you can join a strong team and get more camera time and a guaranteed number of votes.
If you're unlucky, even if you have strong skills, you can't fly with useless teammates.
The lesson from the past is still fresh in everyone's mind. Even someone as calm as Luo Xin prayed for himself before going to bed last night: he would rather pick his toes in a strong team than be a leader in a team of losers.
He is going to be part of the national CP with Shao Xiangchen, and how can he attract fans if he can't keep up?
With everyone's anticipation, Shao Xiangchen from the C group walked up to mentor Lin Jiawen, exchanged greetings, and carefully began to choose his teammates.
Naturally, the first one was his good buddy, Wen Tongbai.
Wen Tongbai smiled and gave him a pat on the shoulder.
The second one, Shao Xiangchen originally wanted to choose his own teammates. But he thought, what if he's criticized for being biased if he does that?
In this type of competition show, the worst thing you can do is show any unfairness to the production team. So after a little thought, he looked elsewhere and chose two promoted contestants.
The last one he chose was a dance genius named Tang Jia, whom he didn't know well but had heard of.
Tang Jia is only 16 years old now, but he has already competed against a group of professional dancers on another dance show and held his own.
With his handsome appearance, he already has a fan base at such a young age. He originally joined the show to compete against another world dance champion, but that champion withdrew too quickly, and Tang Jia didn't have time to catch up before the director changed.
Now he is resigned to his fate, although he doesn't have any particularly great fighting spirit, he won't slack off either. In terms of strength, he is indeed an excellent teammate.
After the team was set, the remaining people all sighed. There were only so many top contestants, and so many of them were gone in one fell swoop.
Although most of the people Shao Xiangchen chose were not from Class A, the public's eyes were sharp, and he was completely following the standard of a mature male group, which means that no matter what song they choose, they can perform it perfectly, and their competitiveness is even more terrible than that of the entire Class A.
Shao Xiangchen heard everyone's comments, but he didn't say anything, just smiled kindly. After all, this is a competition. The better Shao Xiangchen performs, the happier Luo Xin will be.
I don't know if it's because they were scared off by the previous director's wild ideas, but all the segments currently being executed by the production team are based on the most basic version, without any changes.
So the second person who could choose their teammates was selected by drawing lots, which can be considered fair in another sense.
After a moment of anticipation, the person drawn by Shao Xiangchen was called Hua Liang, a contestant that almost no one knew.
When his name was announced, almost everyone was confused.
Even after looking around for a while, no one could figure out who Hua Liang was. Hua Liang himself was probably confused too, and it took him a full minute to raise his hand in the crowd and say, "Uh, I'm Hua Liang."
No one knew him, so he was probably just an amateur contestant. Everyone thought this as they looked at the unfamiliar face walking up to the stage, looking both surprised and bewildered, as if he could immediately give a speech full of award-winning words if given a microphone.
Fortunately, mentor Lin Jiawen quickly maintained order with a few words and urged him to start selecting his teammates.
Everyone's eyes were on him, which was undoubtedly a highlight moment for a small and unknown contestant.
Except for the people in the first team, he could choose anyone from any class, regardless of their previous fame or fan base. Hua Liang didn't hesitate and quickly selected two Class A contestants.
Shang Lin, one of the top three contestants, was also in the remaining group.
Hua Liang still had some rationality left in him, even though he really wanted to, he didn't dare choose all the remaining Class A contestants.
However, he didn't know how to choose the rest of the contestants, as he wasn't very familiar with them. Just as Hua Liang was hesitating, Shang Lin took a glance at the remaining contestants and suddenly whispered, "Number 77."
Hua Liang didn't react at first and asked, "What?"
Shang Lin repeated, "Number 77, Luo Xin."
As he spoke, the camera faithfully captured the scene. Shang Lin knew that being captured on camera might not be good for Luo Xin, but he wanted to lend him a hand rather than let him struggle in an unknown team.
Shang Lin explained, "Luo Xin has good vocals and we're missing one person."
His words were convincing, so Hua Liang said without hesitation, "I choose 77, Luo Xin."
Thus, Luo Xin was lucky enough to be selected for the second-strongest team, and he was even with Shang Lin, a great teammate. As soon as he joined the team, Shang Lin put his arm around Luo Xin's shoulder, showing their friendship, which surprised Luo Xin.
However, he was relieved to be in this team. He himself was a weak contestant and couldn't imagine what would happen if he joined a weaker team. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to meet Shang Lin, a great teammate.
Thinking of this, Luo Xin couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. First, there was Shao Xiangchen, and now Shang Lin. He really had a great eye for talent!
Not bad, it's me!
A lucky fish in the fan circle!
As time passed, everyone else formed their teams one by one.
As expected, the remaining few were all from Class F, so they automatically formed the last team.
In fact, Class F wasn't that scary. If they took the counterattack route, they might not have fewer shots than anyone else.
However, the few who were left at the end were either completely lacking in fighting spirit or had a bad reputation for their temper despite having no real strength. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this team was here to be cannon fodder.
Just by looking at them, it was clear that this team had no future. Maybe it was cruel to leave them behind, but after all, this was a competition.
It was only about winning or losing.
After the teams were formed, it was time to choose songs.
Two people formed a group and performed the same song, judging their strength by the most intuitive effect.
There were also many backup songs, but they were all comprehensive and mostly singing and dancing songs, perhaps because they were concerned about the later position assessment.
Many people who weren't very physically fit had already started to worry about what to do, and those with slightly weaker skills in the team were also very worried, as dancing was a big problem.
In order to avoid this, many of them immediately looked towards one or two sentimental ballads.
So, aside from the most popular mentor Lin Jiawen's song, surprisingly, the second most sought-after song was Cheng Er's new song.
When Cheng Er heard the contestants' discussions, he almost burst out laughing, not knowing whether to mock or find the scene funny.
However, Luo Xin and his team of seeded players were not so helpless. After discussing for a while, they set their sights on a normal style male group sing and dance song, "Qi Tian Da Sheng," which, although old-fashioned, was still a popular song.
Many young people may not be familiar with this song, but Luo Xin had heard it before.
When "Qi Tian Da Sheng" was first released, it was at the height of the popularity of Korean idol groups in China. Therefore, although it was a domestic group's song, it inevitably carried the shadow of the Korean idol group's style. Even if they were to perform it now, it would still be a popular song.
Of course, song selection is not something that can be chosen at will. Whether for the sake of spectacle or "fairness," the program team had to set some small details, so in the end, everyone ran a relay race, relying on the order of their return to decide the order of song selection.
If Luo Xin were to say, this part of the program was set up very ordinarily.
Although it was very exciting when edited, it is well known that it is difficult to control one's expression when exercising.
Haven't you seen that the most common time for idols to have embarrassing photos is during idol sports events?
Luo Xin was secretly mocking in his heart, but when it was his turn, he ran very fast in order not to be the one to drag the team down and be criticized in the end.
Fortunately, their physical strength was good and they achieved a high ranking, ultimately choosing the song they wanted.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
Their opponents were a team of amateurs and unknown twice-cooked pork, with the best member only being in the C class and a vocalist (not that there's anything wrong with being a vocalist). The only thing worth mentioning was that they all looked quite young.
Luo Xin and his teammates had been maintaining a good mood with smiles on their faces, until they saw the choreography for the song.
Puffing out their cheeks, hands on their hips, and jumping up and down in a continuous loop, it was choreographed like a children's song and a health exercise routine.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Even Luo Xin, who had seen a lot, couldn't help but swear in his heart.
He knew that the program would play with contrasts, and that every male draft would have a cute song that the tough guys would avoid like the plague, exaggerating everything to create the most powerful program effect.
But Luo Xin never thought this song would come out so soon.
Is the program team crazy?
Shouldn't this kind of song come out after the audience has become familiar with the contestants? The audience doesn't even know who they are yet, so what's with the exaggerated cuteness!
On the program team's side... they really didn't plan to release this song so early.
All the music directors had contacted people early on to prepare the songs and had them ready in the music library, waiting to be released at the appropriate time. At the same time, they had also prepared choreography for these songs.
According to the original plan, "Qi Tian Da Sheng" was supposed to come out during the position evaluation to mess with the dance team.
After all, the dance team was the strongest, so if they didn't mess with them, who would they mess with?
But they didn't anticipate that the copyright for this song would actually expire.
The program team's song copyrights were all carefully selected from their own website's copyright library.
Who could have thought that copyrights would have an expiration date?
And both music composition and choreography cost money, so in order not to waste them, they had to release this song in the first episode, which was really a last resort.
For Luo Xin's group, it was just fate. In other words, they were unlucky.
After a brief period of rejection, self-deception, and self-comfort, everyone accepted this fact, including the two cool dance team members and Luo Xin, who pretended to be calm. After all, they were still okay, and as the team's founder, Hua Liang's reaction was even more important.
He not only showed a shocked and distorted expression to the camera, but also exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "Is it true or not?!" while occasionally patting his teammates' shoulders to express his inner rejection. He even almost cried in the end.
So before others could be too internally devastated, they had to turn around and comfort him. The focus of their group then smoothly shifted to this Hua Liang.
This move was so well played that even Luo Xin, who considered himself a scheming boy, was impressed.
But considering the other side was a small transparent from the F class, it wasn't a big deal if they were ambitious and wanted to stand out in Luo Xin's eyes.
Whether it was a talent show or a circle of influence, it was originally a big escape, and very few people could survive. And from a fan's perspective, they would rather like someone who is ambitious and wants to strive for a better future than someone who doesn't want anything and just goes with the flow.
After all, it's too tiring for fans to be the only ones working hard.
Luo Xin lowered his eyes and thought more than once about the scumbags he had once chased after. While he was crazily arguing with the opposing team and black fans, they were just hanging out in cafes or traveling, neglecting their own careers and eventually becoming overrated stars worse than internet celebrities.
It made him give up one fan account after another and bury one precious memory after another.
Now, he himself has entered the arena.
Coming back to his senses, the others had already comforted the overreacting Hua Liang.
Everyone looked at each other and could only say, "Let's practice."
However, it wasn't just Luo Xin who was worried. The others also looked at their team's lineup: the all-around ace Shang Lin, the cool and handsome dance duo, the expressionless rapper, and the seemingly inadequate Hua Liang.
And then there was the noble and cold vocal Luo Xin, who had been silent until now and looked particularly worrying.
This lineup... for a song that requires cuteness...
For this round, they might as well give up, right?
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